Open AccessPrimary breast angiosarcoma associated with abnormalities in international normalized ratio platelet count and anemia
Author(s) -
Pejva Soleymanzadeh,
Mostafa Hosseini,
Sima Karbalaei-Esmaeili,
Hamid-Reza Alizadeh-Otaghvar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.139346
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , anemia , mastectomy , complete blood count , biopsy , chemotherapy , radiology , metastasis , breast cancer , cancer
Angiosarcomas are rare malignancies with poor prognosis and could affect any organ in the body. Breast angiosarcomas mostly affect adolescent and young adult females. Here, we present the case of a 19-year-old female with low grade primary breast angiosarcoma associated with international normalized ratio (INR) abnormalities, thrombocytopenia and anemia. Patient experienced severe bleeding on biopsy. INR and count of blood cells turned to normal levels after mastectomy. Patient refused chemotherapy. Three months later, computed tomography showed liver metastasis